George Helliwell CUCKSON

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CUCKSON, George Helliwell

Service Numbers:	5396, QX13555
Enlisted:	29 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10 Field Regiment AMF
Born:	Sheffield, England, 14 July 1900
Home Town:	Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Cholera, POW Camp, Kami, Sonkuri Thailand, 29 June 1943, aged 42 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Sp. Memorial A10, G14
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book

World War 1 Service

2 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 5396, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
2 Mar 1918:	Embarked Private, 5396, 31st Infantry Battalion, SS Ormonde, Sydney

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, QX13555
29 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), QX13555, 10 Field Regiment AMF, 2nd 10 Field Regiment
29 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX13555, 2nd/10th Field Regiment

Peacetime

29 Jun 1943:	Discharged

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Biography

George Ernest CUCKSON was born on 14th July, 1900 in Sheffield, England

His parents were George Ernest CUCKSON and Lily HELLIWELL - The family arrived in Queensland in 1910 on ship DORSET

He enlisted for WW1 in Rockhampton, Queensland on 16th October 1917 with the 31st Battalion - unit embarked from Sydney on board RMS Ormonde on 2nd March, 1918 - George returned to Australia on 15th January 1919

In 1921 he married Alice May SEIFFER on 31st October 1921 in St Marys Church, West Maitland NSW (surname is also listed as SCHIFFER)

He enlisted in Kelvin Grove, Queensland & also served in WW2 as a Gunner in the Australian Army - Unit 2/10 Field Regiment Royal Australian Artillery

He died of Cholera on 29th June 1943 at a POW Camp in Kami, Sonkurai, Thailand and is buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar, Burma

FIND A GRAVE

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56174382 (www.findagrave.com)

ROLL OF HONOUR - THAILAND BURMA RAILWAY

http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/Thailand-Burma_Railway/C/html/cu_database_2.htm (www.roll-of-honour.org.uk)

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2089350/CUCKSON,%20GEORGE%20HELLIWELL (www.cwgc.org)

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